Forbes October 29, 2024
Wearable mixed-reality devices have become a hot topic of conversation among technology professionals–but also among creatives—in the weeks since Meta announced the Orion AR glasses. Add to this the recent update to Snap’s Spectacles and the Ray-Ban Meta glasses, and many are hoping that we are finally on the cusp of a new era of AR glasses that will actually propel the creative industries forward.
But what are these not-quite-ready-for-public-consumption devices like to use? Why should we be excited about them and what are the differences between them? And crucially, what kind of experiences will they allow us to create that we could not realize previously? I will examine each of these devices individually and speak to creatives who have...